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Here's who uses Indiana's private school voucher program The amount of Hoosier students using private school vouchers reached an all-time high this school year.

"Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston made headlines last year when he left his $460,000 job with the College Board after a controversy regarding legislation to restrict teaching about race. He’s now back in the news, with conflict-of-interest questions raised about his side gig as a consultant."

House speaker consults for virtual-school business Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston made headlines last year when he left his $460,000 job with the College Board after a controversy regarding legislation to restrict teaching about race. He’s now b…

Under the currently proposed budget, private school vouchers would get funding increases of 70% in the first year, while traditional public schools would receive only 5%. Tell your senator to prioritize public schools in the state budget.

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The currently proposed budget increases spending on private school vouchers by 70%, while increasing traditional public school funding, where 90% of Hoosier students attend, by only 5%.

Click here to email your legislators about resetting the budget. The vast majority of kids are educated in public schools and that's where the vast majority of our education tax dollars need to go.

Btw, under the current proposed budget, many public school corporations take a funding CUT over the next two years.

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Still Asleep at the Wheel - Network For Public Education We cannot afford to continue to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into a program whose stewards are clearly asleep at the wheel.

This is on Bob's page. Continuing the tradition of getting things done he knows nothing about.

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5 ways you can support your public school this week! Take action now!

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It's time to target the Senate Education Committee about HB1134.
Send them all an email voicing your objections to HB 1134. It doesn't need to be a long email.

We're hearing Donato, Leising, and Walker might be persuadable.
All their email addresses are [email protected]

Educators say they’re being ‘bullied, restricted’ by proposed legislation - Daily Journal Local educators are concerned they may soon have have to filter what they teach about certain topics, plan their daily lessons a year in advance and allow parents to keep their children out of class during lessons they find objectionable.

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Every Indiana public school is losing money because of vouchers - Indiana Coalition for Public Education Share Twitter 3 Pin It Gmail Print

ACT NOW! Voucher Expansion and ESAs Added to Budget Bill Let Indiana legislators know you want them to support Indiana's public schools and oppose this latest attempt to privatize them.

Call Congress Today to Stop Testing - Network For Public Education Public schools, Education, edubloggers, privatization, daily posts from people who know

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer McCormick sits down with ABC21 for first interview since leaving office Jennifer McCormick may not be leading Indiana's education system anymore, but she says that's not keeping her from being a part of the solution.

Urgent: NPE Action Alert! Take action today! Tell President to STOP THE TESTS! Call and email the White House and USDOE today!

In December of 2019, candidate Joe Biden promised that if elected, he would stop standardized testing. Yet the U.S. Department of Education has announced that states must test students in the midst of the pandemic. That is a wrongheaded policy that puts data first and children last. Write Joe Biden. Tell him to step in and cancel the tests.

1. Please call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1414.

Here is a suggested script.

“My name is (name) from (state). I am calling to ask the President to keep his promise about eliminating standardized testing. Forcing schools to administer annual tests undermines the administration’s call to support our students’ social-emotional and mental health in this time of crisis. The tests must be canceled. Period.”

2. Then call the U.S. Department of Education at this number 800-872-5327. Press 3.

Here is a suggested script.

“My name is (name) from (state). I strongly oppose Mr. Rosenblum’s recent letter that forces schools to administer annual tests this year. All of our schools’ efforts must be used to support our students’ social-emotional and mental health in this time of crisis. Test results will be meaningless. Please tell Dr. Cardona that tests must be canceled. Period.”

3. Finally, send an email to the White House by clicking here (letter prepared by our friends at NYC Opt Out). https://networkforpubliceducation.org/send-your-email-to-the-white-house-stop-the-tests/

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Please write the House Education Committee before Wednesday! HB1005, the most dangerous bill to public education, will be read and voted on this Wednesday. Please write every member of this committee to let them know you oppose the use of public dollars going to private schools, further weakening the dollars that go to public schools. Over a two year period, this increase to vouchers would cost taxpayers 2,000,000 dollars. Is this fiscally responsible at this moment when we are in the midst of a pandemic? Is it wise to funnel money to schools where only 10% of students attend? Please see comments for additional information as well as addresses for the House Education Committee.

Dr. Cardona, Please Cancel the Tests - Network For Public Education Let's make sure that Joe Biden chooses a public education advocate for the next Secretary of Education.

What we’re asking you to do:

STEP 1: Send messages now to your own legislators and to House Education Committee members. Tell them you oppose House Bill 1005 because:

The $202 million price tag for only the first two years is huge and should instead be directed to boosting teacher pay.

HB 1005 would divert millions from public schools at a time they need stable support.

It is wrong in this economic climate to prioritize giving extra tax money to high income private school parents who are already able to pay private school tuition.

Delete Chapters 1 through 6 from HB 1005 to prevent public dollars from going to home schools and independent unaccredited schools with no accountability

STEP 2: Email the Governor

Ask Governor Holcomb to oppose the Education Savings Accounts and voucher expansion in HB 1005 if he is sincere in saying in his State of the State address: “those (parental choice) options shouldn’t come at the expense of the public school system, which educates 90% of Hoosier children.”

Voucher expansion and Education Savings Accounts would divert at least $202 million from public schools.

Learn how to stop the current expansion of vouchers and charters!

Join Public Funds Public Schools and NPE on 2/4 at 4 PM EST for a very important webinar. Fighting Voucher Legislation in 2021: An Update on State Voucher Bills and Tools to Oppose Them

Free webinar - register here https://splcenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fnkB3gt0RWWcBKxyuR9ZVg

Today was Dr. Jennifer McCormick's last day in office. Let's show her some love and appreciation! And thank her marvelous staff for all they have done for our PUBLIC school children, teachers, and families.

Biden poised to nominate Connecticut education chief Miguel Cardona as education secretary President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, two people familiar with the matter say, a decision that could be one of the final Cabinet selections before Christmas.

Karen Pence’s school took $725k in bailout funds meant for small businesses. They ban LGBTQ people. As LGBTQ businesses struggled and closed this year, the school raked in the cash taken from COVID relief funds...

From Hoosier Voices for Public Education

"Here we go!! Think the timing was purposeful? Exactly one year to the day from the rally!!

NOTE: She is being called the FIRST Secretary of Education not Superintendent of PUBLIC Instruction."

Today I announced Dr. Katie Jenner will serve as Indiana’s first secretary of education.

This is an incredibly important time for education in Indiana. Dr. Katie Jenner has focused her entire career on investing in students, teachers and staff, and she will continue to build the relationships needed to move our state forward in constructive ways. As Indiana’s Secretary of Education, Dr. Jenner’s certification, work at nearly every level of education and her remarkable depth of experience will lead our state into this exciting next chapter.

Dr. Jenner currently serves as my senior education advisor. Her first position in K-12 public education was as a Career and Technical Education teacher in Kentucky beginning in 2005. From 2009 to 2018, she worked for Madison Consolidated Schools in Indiana as a school administrator and district administrator. In 2018 she joined Ivy Tech Community College as vice president of K-12 Initiatives and Statewide Partnerships, where she built statewide college strategies among K-12 schools, career centers, and Ivy Tech.

Dr. Jenner earned her undergraduate degree from Transylvania University, her master’s degree in education from the University of Kentucky, an MBA from Indiana State University and her doctorate of education from the University of Kentucky.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to further serve the people of Indiana,” Dr. Jenner said. “My priorities are to ensure high quality education for all students and families, and to provide solution-focused support for our teachers and educational leaders. We have great opportunity ahead in Indiana, and I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and work hand in hand with students, educators and stakeholder partners across the state.”

Initially, in her new role as secretary of education, Dr. Jenner will focus on the following:

➡️ Provide successful education experiences so student learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic and improves throughout the recovery.

➡️ Lead a top-notch team that supports schools as they provide opportunities for students as they prepare for their next step in education, training, military service, or direct employment. Close collaboration will be built with local communities, families, and stakeholders across Indiana’s full education continuum – early learning (Pre-K), K-12, postsecondary, and the workforce.

➡️ Attract talented Hoosiers to the teaching profession by working closely with Indiana’s schools of education, K-12 school leaders, local communities and Indiana employers to make teaching a more diverse, competitive and fulfilling profession. Great teachers help ensure the long-term health, success and economic security of our state.

➡️ Maximize the Department of Education’s support and service to schools by creating a dynamic, flexible and data-driven network that supports learning-focused innovation, informs teachers’ professional development, and equips students with the skills needed to succeed in the future.

By law, the new role of the secretary of education begins on Jan. 11, 2021.

“They want me out. That doesn’t hurt my feelings right now,” she told Chalkbeat. “What is alarming is the direction, from the federal level on down, that Republicans are going regarding education. I just simply do not agree with it… I believe in public education. That’s just who I am, and I make no apologies for that.”

Indiana education chief bucks party politics to try to oust officials who stood in her way Republican Jennifer McCormick has endorsed Democrats who she believes would help improve education in Indiana. McCormick is finishing her term as state education chief.

Watch out everyone...HE'S BACK!!!!

K12 Inc. Welcomes Education Reform Leader to Executive Team A powerhouse in the education reform movement has joined K12 Inc., the nation’s leading provider of online curriculum and school programs for students

Indiana governor hopeful Woody Myers would pick Jennifer McCormick as education secretary In a debate Tuesday night, Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Woody Myers said he would re-appoint Republican State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick on as Indiana’s top education official.

McCormick criticizes Holcomb as she campaigns for his Democratic challenger State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick criticized fellow Republicans as she campaigned for Democrat Woody Myers in the Indiana governor race.

A Republican State Superintendent: Hero of Public Education Dr. Jennifer McCormick, state superintendent of education in Indiana, is a hero of public education. She has steadfastly sided with public schools and defied her own party’s embrace of charters and…

Indiana schools chief crosses party lines to support Democratic nominee for governor Jennifer McCormick, the Republican state superintendent of public instruction, is urging Hoosiers to elect the Democratic nominee for governor, Dr. Woody Myers.